Prison Performing Arts is pleased to announce we have been approved to receive an American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment...

Prison Performing Arts (PPA) is excited to announce the promotion of Rachel Tibbetts to Artistic Director. This newly restructured role...

Prison Performing Arts is committed to diversifying and expanding the skills and networks of our Board of Directors. We are...

This tribute was written by PPA Alum, Hazel, and shared with her permission. She is pictured below in a production of "The Dayroom Club"...

PPA Supporters, While the COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis, it has impacted each of us personally. Whether you or a loved one...

SINCE 1999, THE NUMBER OF YOUTH INVOLVED IN OUR PROGRAMS HAS STEADILY DECLINED. AND THAT’S A GOOD THING. It’s been twenty years since we...

Prison Performing Arts was informed late in September that Laura Hulsey, a recently returned citizen, Alumni actor, and deeply valued PPA...

Prison Performing Arts is thrilled to announce that Shannon Durio is joining the PPA team as our new Managing Director! Shannon will...

Fifteen years ago, Rachel Tibbetts, while working with a group called Young Audiences of St. Louis, teamed up with Nathan Graves at the...

Prison Performing Arts: Voices Within A new documentary by Filmmaker Lisa Boyd Friday, April 12th @ 7:00 p.m. DOORS OPEN @ 6:30 p.m. View...

Top photo: premiere of Run-On Sentence atWomen's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center. Bottom photo: production of...

In Fall 2018, the PPA Alumni Company began work on writing a new play, Kept Away, designed for family audiences. Kept Away has...

Dear Mrs. Piper Kerman, I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to invite you to Prison Performing Art’s Annual Fundraising...

Dear Ms. Martha Stewart, I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to invite you to Prison Performing Art’s Annual Fundraising...

THEATER DIRECTOR, ACTOR, AND PPA COLLABORATOR CHRISTOPHER LIMBER NAMED INTERIM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, SUCCEEDING FOUNDER & ARTISTIC...

Several years ago, when I was Company Manager for the Shakespeare Festival St Louis, I thought that Forest Park during the festival...

I've seen a few shows recently with Prison Performing Arts, and I've been nothing but impressed. I come in not knowing what I'm going to...

You Have a Week... It was really moving to be a part of the 10 year celebration and share the stage for a brief moment with the kids as a...

Prison Performing Arts is pleased to announce the election of three new members of its Board of Directors and Board Executive Committee:...

Readers of this month'sALIVE Magazinewill spot an especially familiar face — our own Agnes Wilcox is included in an article titled "Women...